Anthony W. England
| Anthony W. England | |
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| NASA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | American |
| Status | Retired |
| Born |
May 15, 1942 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
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Other names
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Anthony Wayne England |
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Other occupation
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Geochemist, professor |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S. and M.S. 1965, Ph.D. 1970 | |
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Time in space
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7d 22h 45min |
| Selection | 1967 NASA Group 6 |
| Missions | STS-51-F |
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Mission insignia
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| Retirement | August 31, 1988 |
Anthony Wayne England (born May 15, 1942), better known as Tony England, is an American, former NASA astronaut. Selected in 1967, England was among a group of astronauts who served as backups during the Apollo and Skylab programs. Like most others in his class, he flew during the Space Shuttle program, serving as a mission specialist on STS-51F in 1985. He has logged more than 3,000 hours of flying time and 188 hours in space.
England helped develop and use radars to probe the Moon on Apollo 17 and glaciers in Washington and Alaska. He participated in and led field parties during two seasons in Antarctica.
England is currently dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan's Dearborn campus.
England was born May 15, 1942, in Indianapolis, Indiana, but his hometown is West Fargo, North Dakota. He attended primary school in Indianapolis, Indiana, and graduated from high school in North Dakota. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) he received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Earth and planetary sciences (course 12A) in 1965, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Earth and planetary sciences in 1970. England was a graduate fellow at MIT for the three years immediately preceding his first assignment to NASA.
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